Remembering Wendi Winters

When five journalists from The Capital were murdered June 28, I wanted desperately to do something to honor their memory. I think we can do something to unite our community in memory of these writers and their important role in our town.

I think we might especially highlight the actions of Wendi Winters in courageously confronting the killer. She sacrificed her own life trying to protect others. And we may never know how many lives were saved because of her courage.

I recommend we name the temporary library facility at Monarch Academy for Wendi Winters. Further, I suggest we honor Winters’ memory by naming the Annapolis Regional Library for her when construction is complete.

I sincerely hope the example of this brave journalists' courage will inspire the people of Annapolis, especially the youth.

It is written: “Better love has no man than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.”

Wendi Winters did this most heroically.

BOB MORRISON

Annapolis

Negative campaigns lost

To the Republican House Caucus that continuously sent mean-spirited smear literature regarding Del. Ned Carey for five weeks straight: I am just sitting here wondering, how did that work out for you guys? No so good, huh?

Well, let me just say this. You see, the good people in Brooklyn Park and District 31A are not stupid by any stretch of the imagination. When you chose to tear down one good man’s reputation, to exalt your candidate, well, you kinda end up reaping what you sow.

Maybe you should have spent that smear campaign money talking about what Brooks Bennett had actually done for Brooklyn Park’s community that qualified him for the job, he wouldn’t have lost so badly. So, I guess I should be thanking you.

Thank you for all of the ridiculous lies you tried to sell in an effort to convince us to vote against Carey. Those stupid mailers ultimately pushed Ned over the top right back into the House for another term.

And I sincerely hope this is a lesson learned for both parties.

First lesson: Smear campaigns are not effective, in fact, they are detrimental because people see through it and they will generally turn on you. I anxiously await the day when this style of campaigning is abolished.

Second Lesson: Nice guys do finish first. Go Ned!

And mean guys. Well, now the mean guys are completely surrounded by a bunch of Democrats in the House.

Enjoy your next four years

ANGIE RODRIQUEZ

Brooklyn Park

Millennials take heart

When I surveyed the crowd at the January 2017 Women’s March, I was disheartened to see so many gray-haired marchers. While I personally knew some millennials and Gen Xers who participated, it was the Boomers — my generation — who stood out.

I wondered how many more years the Boomers could continue and where were the supposedly outraged millennials? So, I was pleased to see so many millennials visible in the 2018 elections.

We had five or six candidates from the millennial age group just in the County Council District 6 and the District 30 General Assembly races. Countless others volunteered and worked behind the scenes on various local campaigns.

That only two made it through the primary and only one was elected should not discourage them. We need their voices, their ideas and their energy. We need all generations, all our voices to bring solutions to today’s problems.

Therefore, thanks and kudos to all who are involved in working to make our community better, and I am especially glad to see so many millennials among the activists.